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Letters Patent No. 93,896, dated lAllyn-31h17, 1869.

KNIFE FOR SEEDING STONE-FRUIT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part cf the name. y

To all whom itanay concern.-

Beit known that I, SIDNEY SMARQUES, of Mason, in the countyof Effingham, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Knife for Seeding StoneeFrnit; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of referencelmarked thereon, making a part of this specification.'

The nature of my inventionV consists in the construction of a knife for seeding stone-fruit', and in the arrangement of the devices hereafter fully described.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective of my invention.

Letter A represents a handle, of ordinary construe- ;tion, in the end of which is secured the knife C. This knife consists of a ser'nicircular or fiat piece of metal,

straight at each end, and curved in the middle suiciently to slip easily around the stones of such fruits as peaches, and is sharpened upon both edges.

The stoning of clingstcne-peaches' has always been a source of great trouble, especially when they have to be cut for drying, as, with the ordinary knives, from three to four cuts are required to each peach. By

having this cnrve in the blade, they can be stoned in l Witnesses:

DAVID E. Rremronn, CLAIBORNE WRIGHT. 

